List of current United States lieutenant governors

Party affiliation of current United States lieutenant governors

Democratic lieutenant governor

Republican lieutenant governor

Independent lieutenant governor

Position vacant or nonexistent

Party affiliation of current designated successors to the current United States governors

Democratic designated successor

Republican designated successor

Independent designated successor

Popular Democratic designated successor

The following is a complete, and current list of lieutenant governors of the 50 U.S. States, and its Territories. Currently, 25 states elect a lieutenant governor on a ticket with the governor, while 18 states elect a lieutenant governor separately. In West Virginia, the President of the Senate, as elected by the senators, serves as lieutenant governor. In Tennessee, the senators elect a Speaker of the Senate, who in turn serves as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. Five states do not have a lieutenant governor. There are currently 36 Republicans and 14 Democrats serving as lieutenant governor or serving as the first in the line of succession.

List of lieutenant governors by state

In the table below, Term ends indicates the year the current lieutenant governor will leave office, or the year of the next election, whichever is first; a notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year. A notation of (Retiring) after the year indicates that the current lieutenant governor is leaving office that year, having not sought re-election. A notation of (Defeated) indicates that the current lieutenant governor was defeated for re-election.

State	Lieutenant governor	Party	Took office	Term ends	Chosen by^[1]
Alabama (List)	Ivey, KayKay Ivey	Republican	000000002011-01-17-0000January 17, 2011	2019	Separate election
Alaska (List)	Mallott, ByronByron Mallott	Democratic	000000002014-12-01-0000December 1, 2014	2018	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Arkansas (List)	Griffin, TimTim Griffin	Republican	000000002015-01-13-0000January 13, 2015	2019	Separate election
California (List)	Newsom, GavinGavin Newsom	Democratic	000000002011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2019	Separate election
Colorado (List)	Garcia, JosephJoseph Garcia	Democratic	000000002011-01-11-0000January 11, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Connecticut (List)	Wyman, NancyNancy Wyman	Democratic	000000002011-01-05-0000January 5, 2011	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Delaware (List)	Vacant		000000002015-01-06-0000January 6, 2015	2017	Separate election
Florida (List)	López-Cantera, CarlosCarlos López-Cantera	Republican	000000002014-02-03-0000February 3, 2014	2019	Same ticket
Georgia (List)	Cagle, CaseyCasey Cagle	Republican	000000002007-01-08-0000January 8, 2007	2019	Separate election
Hawaii (List)	Tsutsui, ShanShan Tsutsui	Democratic	000000002012-12-27-0000December 27, 2012	2018	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries^[2]
Idaho (List)	Little, BradBrad Little	Republican	000000002009-01-06-0000January 6, 2009	2019	Separate election^[3]
Illinois (List)	Sanguinetti, EvelynEvelyn Sanguinetti	Republican	000000002015-01-12-0000January 12, 2015	2019	Same ticket
Indiana (List)	Holcomb, EricEric Holcomb	Republican	000000002016-03-03-0000March 3, 2016	2017	Same ticket
Iowa (List)	Reynolds, KimKim Reynolds	Republican	000000002011-01-14-0000January 14, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Kansas (List)	Colyer, JeffJeff Colyer	Republican	000000002011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Kentucky (List)	Hampton, JeneanJenean Hampton	Republican	000000002015-12-08-0000December 8, 2015	2019	Same ticket
Louisiana (List)	Nungesser, BillyBilly Nungesser	Republican	000000002016-01-11-0000January 11, 2016	2020	Separate election
Maryland (List)	Rutherford, BoydBoyd Rutherford	Republican	000000002015-01-21-0000January 21, 2015	2019	Same ticket
Massachusetts (List)	Polito, KarynKaryn Polito	Republican	000000002015-01-08-0000January 8, 2015	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Michigan (List)	Calley, BrianBrian Calley	Republican	000000002011-01-01-0000January 1, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Minnesota (List)	Smith, TinaTina Smith	Democratic	000000002015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015	2019	Same ticket
Mississippi (List)	Reeves, TateTate Reeves	Republican	000000002012-01-10-0000January 10, 2012	2020	Separate election
Missouri (List)	Kinder, PeterPeter Kinder	Republican	000000002005-01-10-0000January 10, 2005	2017	Separate election
Montana (List)	Cooney, MikeMike Cooney	Democratic	000000002016-01-04-0000January 4, 2016	2017	Same ticket
Nebraska (List)	Foley, MikeMike Foley	Republican	000000002015-01-08-0000January 8, 2015	2019	Same ticket
Nevada (List)	Hutchison, MarkMark Hutchison	Republican	000000002015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015	2019	Separate election
New Jersey (List)	Guadagno, KimKim Guadagno	Republican	000000002010-01-19-0000January 19, 2010	2018	Same ticket
New Mexico (List)	Sanchez, JohnJohn Sanchez	Republican	000000002011-01-01-0000January 1, 2011	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
New York (List)	Hochul, KathyKathy Hochul	Democratic	000000002015-01-01-0000January 1, 2015	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
North Carolina (List)	Forest, DanDan Forest	Republican	000000002013-01-07-0000January 7, 2013	2017	Separate election
North Dakota (List)	Wrigley, DrewDrew Wrigley	Republican	000000002010-12-07-0000December 7, 2010	2016	Same ticket
Ohio (List)	Taylor, MaryMary Taylor	Republican	000000002011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Oklahoma (List)	Lamb, ToddTodd Lamb	Republican	000000002011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2019	Separate election
Pennsylvania (List)	Stack, MikeMike Stack	Democratic	000000002015-01-20-0000January 20, 2015	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries
Rhode Island (List)	McKee, DanielDaniel McKee	Democratic	000000002015-01-06-0000January 6, 2015	2019	Separate election
South Carolina (List)	McMaster, HenryHenry McMaster	Republican	000000002015-01-14-0000January 14, 2015	2019	Separate election
South Dakota (List)	Michels, MattMatt Michels	Republican	000000002011-01-08-0000January 8, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Tennessee (List)	Ramsey, RonRon Ramsey	Republican	000000002007-01-03-0000January 3, 2007	2017	State Senate^[4]
Texas (List)	Patrick, DanDan Patrick	Republican	000000002015-01-20-0000January 20, 2015	2019	Separate election
Utah (List)	Cox, SpencerSpencer Cox	Republican	000000002013-10-17-0000October 17, 2013	2017	Same ticket
Vermont (List)	Scott, PhilPhil Scott	Republican	000000002011-01-06-0000January 6, 2011	2017	Separate election
Virginia (List)	Northam, RalphRalph Northam	Democratic	000000002014-01-11-0000January 11, 2014	2018	Separate election
Washington (List)	Owen, BradBrad Owen	Democratic	000000001997-01-15-0000January 15, 1997	2017	Separate election
West Virginia (List)	Cole, BillBill Cole	Republican	000000002015-01-14-0000January 14, 2015	2017	State Senate^[5]
Wisconsin (List)	Kleefisch, RebeccaRebecca Kleefisch	Republican	000000002011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2019	Same ticket in the general elections; Separate elections in the primaries

List of lieutenant governors by territory

Territory	Lieutenant governor	Party	Took office	Seat up	Chosen by^[1]
American Samoa (List)	Mauga, Lemanu PeletiLemanu Peleti Mauga	Democratic	000000002013-01-03-0000January 3, 2013	2017	Same ticket
Guam (List)	Tenorio, RayRay Tenorio	Republican	000000002011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2019	Same ticket
Northern Mariana Islands (List)	Hocog, VictorVictor Hocog	Republican	000000002015-12-29-0000December 29, 2015	2019	Same ticket
United States Virgin Islands (List)	Potter, OsbertOsbert Potter	Independent	000000002015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015	2019	Same ticket

States which do not have lieutenant governors

Five states do not have a position of lieutenant governor. In these cases, the Secretary of State or the President of the Senate is next in line for the governorship. The position is currently vacant in Delaware. In Oregon, there is no lieutenant governor and the Secretary of State's office is currently held by an appointed, rather than an elected, officeholder. Because of this, the State Treasurer is next in line for the governorship and will remain so until the next Secretary of State election.

State	Officeholder	Party	Took position	Office
Arizona (List)	Reagan, MicheleMichele Reagan	Republican	000000002015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015	Secretary of State
Delaware (List)	Bullock, JeffreyJeffrey Bullock	Democratic	000000002015-01-06-0000January 6, 2015	Secretary of State
Maine (List)	Thibodeau, MichaelMichael Thibodeau	Republican	000000002014-12-03-0000December 3, 2014	President of the Senate
New Hampshire (List)	Morse, ChuckChuck Morse	Republican	000000002013-09-03-0000September 3, 2013	President of the Senate
Oregon (List)	Wheeler, TedTed Wheeler	Democratic	000000002015-02-18-0000February 18, 2015 ^[6]	State Treasurer
Wyoming (List)	Murray, EdEd Murray	Republican	000000002015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015	Secretary of State

Territories which do not have lieutenant governors

One territory, Puerto Rico, places the Secretary of State next in line for the governorship. In the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia is first in line of succession in the event of a vacancy in the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Territory	Picture	Officeholder	Party	Took position	Office
District of Columbia (List)		Mendelson, PhilPhil Mendelson^[7]	Democratic	000000002012-06-13-0000June 13, 2012	Chairman of the Council
Puerto Rico (List)		Suárez Meléndez, VíctorVíctor Suárez Meléndez	Popular Democratic	000000002015-12-09-0000December 9, 2015	Secretary of State

States and territories with differing party membership at the executive level

In most states or territories, the governor and lieutenant governor are members of the same political party. As with the Vice President of the United States, many states' lieutenant governors are elected on the same ticket as the governor, many others are elected on their own. The following states are those in which the designated successor to the governorship is of a different political party.

State/Territory	Governor	Designated successor
Alaska	Independent	Democratic
Louisiana	Democratic	Republican
Missouri	Democratic	Republican
New Hampshire	Democratic	Republican
Vermont	Democratic	Republican
West Virginia	Democratic	Republican

References

1 2 "Executive Branch of the Several States". Thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
↑ Tsutsui was appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie to replace Brian Schatz, who was appointed U.S. Senator following the death of Daniel Inouye.
↑ Little was appointed by Governor Butch Otter, sworn into the office on January 6, 2009 and later approved by the Idaho Senate on January 12, upon the resignation of Jim Risch. He was subsequently elected to a full term in 2010.
↑ The Tennessee Senate elects their Speaker who serves as Lieutenant Governor. The full title of the office is Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
↑ West Virginia Code 6A-1-4(b), as enacted in 2000, entitles the president of the West Virginia Senate to use the title lieutenant governor
↑ The designated successor to the Governor of Oregon is normally the Secretary of State followed by the State Treasurer. Wheeler became the next in the line of succession when Secretary of State Kate Brown ascended to the governorship on the February 18, 2015 resignation of Gov. John Kitzhaber. As Brown's successor as Secretary of State, Jeanne Atkins, was appointed rather than elected, Wheeler will remain first in the line of succession until the next Secretary of State election.
↑ Mendelson was initially appointed Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia after the position was vacated on June 6, 2012, due to the resignation of Kwame R. Brown. Brown had been charged in federal court with bank fraud and, after his resignation, was further charged in D.C. Superior Court with making an unlawful cash campaign expenditure. Mendelson was subsequently elected to complete Brown's term on November 6, 2013.

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Current lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D)

AL Kay Ivey (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R)¹ AR Tim Griffin (R) CA Gavin Newsom (D) CO Joseph García (D) CT Nancy Wyman (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D)¹ FL Carlos López-Cantera (R) GA Casey Cagle (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Brad Little (R) IL Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) IN Eric Holcomb (R) IA Kim Reynolds (R) KS Jeff Colyer (R) KY Jenean Hampton (R) LA Billy Nungesser (R) ME Michael Thibodeau (R)² MD Boyd Rutherford (R) MA Karyn Polito (R) MI Brian Calley (R) MN Tina Smith (D) MS Tate Reeves (R) MO Peter Kinder (R) MT Mike Cooney (D) NE Mike Foley (R) NV Mark Hutchison (R) NH Chuck Morse (R)² NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM John Sánchez (R) NY Kathy Hochul (D) NC Dan Forest (R) ND Drew Wrigley (R) OH Mary Taylor (R) OK Todd Lamb (R) OR Ted Wheeler (D)⁴ PA Michael Stack (D) RI Daniel McKee (D) SC Henry McMaster (R) SD Matt Michels (R) TN Ron Ramsey (R)² TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Phillip Scott (R) VA Ralph Northam (D) WA Brad Owen (D) WV Bill Cole (R)² WI Rebecca Kleefisch (R) WY Ed Murray (R)¹ DC Phil Mendelson (D)³ Territories: AS Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Victor Hocog (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D)¹ VI Osbert Potter (I)

Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors: 1. Secretary of State 2. Senate President 3. Council Chairman 4. Treasurer Political party affiliation: Republican: 38 Democratic: 17 Independent: 1

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